Voicing his support for PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday said that a chief minister has to be trusted to decide what is and isn't in the interest of his state.
"God knows, I hold no brief for Mufti Syed but a CM has to be trusted to decide what is and isn't in the interest of his/her state," Omar tweeted.
"And if you can't trust a CM to decide what is right then it's better to dispense with state governments and govern from Delhi directly," he added in his tweet.
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, however, added that Mufti wants the discourse to be about anything.
"Mufti wants the discourse to be about anything but his alliance with BJP, his hugs with NaMo and the hollow CMP and so far his script is working," he said in a series of tweets.
Earlier in the day, Home Minister Rajnath Singh informed the Lok Sabha that although 27 criminal cases are against Alam, he has been granted bail in all the cases.
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Singh also informed the House that the High Court has said, 'a person cannot be detained for more than two years under the Public Safety Act'.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that there will be no compromise on national security, adding that the Centre was neither informed nor consulted about the release of Alam.
However, leaders of the Congress, Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, RJD and CPI (M) expressed their displeasure with the responses of the Prime Minister and Home Minister and staged a walkout.
Alam had been convicted for organizing anti-India protests resulting in the death of 112 people in stone pelting across the Valley in 2010.